SC Welfare Minister backs Centre for Dalit Studies, promises funds

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Minister for Scheduled Castes (SC) Development Adluri Laxman Kumar connected Saturday promised to guarantee the allocation of endowments to the Centre for Dalit Studies (CDS) pursuing a petition for ₹15 crore to instrumentality respective initiatives effectively.

Meanwhile, Mr. Laxman Kumar, Jubilee Hills MLA Naveen Yadav and others visited the CDS campus.

CDS Chairperson Mallepalli Lakshmaiah briefed him connected the operation of the building, facilities available, and the wide scope of programmes being undertaken.

Highlighting the institution’s 26-year journey, Mr. Lakshmaiah elaborate CDS’s publication to Dalit empowerment done research, training, consciousness programmes, and argumentation advocacy. Former IAS serviceman Kaki Madhava Rao, Prof Limbadri, elder writer Ramachandra Murthy, and Tipparti Yadaiah besides shared their perspectives connected the organisation’s work.

A broad acceptable of proposals seeking authorities enactment was submitted to the Minister. These included accomplishment improvement initiatives for Dalit youth, employment procreation programmes, coaching for competitory examinations specified arsenic UPSC and TGPSC, monitoring of SC/ST Sub-Plan funds, extortion of onshore rights, socio-economic research, enactment grooming for women and youth, further improvement of the Dalit museum, digitisation of Dalit literature, and constitution of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Advanced Archives.

Assuring a affirmative response, Mr. Laxman Kumar said helium would personally prosecute the proposals, adding that a gathering would beryllium convened with Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha, and elder officials to sermon the proposals and widen the required support. If necessary, the substance would besides beryllium taken up with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for due decisions, helium added.

The Minister further stated that CDS could beryllium developed into a nodal instauration for grooming and probe activities with afloat authorities backing.

Earlier, Mr. Lakshmaiah requested the Minister to invitation the Chief Minister to formally inaugurate the CDS building, to which Mr. Laxman Kumar responded positively.

Published - April 04, 2026 08:38 p.m. IST

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